WASHINGTON, D.C. - The last pig in Haiti is dead. It was killed as part of the campaign to eradicate African swine fever from Haiti. The project, known in Haiti as PEPPADEP, began killing off that country’s entire swine population last May. By June 15 of this year, nearly 375,000 swine had been slaughtered, and the equivalent of $9.4 million paid as compensation to owners, said James Downard, a veterinarian with USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. •Once all the pigs are gone, the premises are cleaned and disin fected and eventually the swine population is replaced with disease-free hogs,” Downard said. "Killing all the pigs m Haiti was the most significant part of the campaign. "African swine fever is a highly destructive virus disease that attacks only swine. There is no treatment, cure or vaccine for the disease,” he said. 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"Asm the earlier African swine fever eradication campaign in the Dominican Republic, the cam paign in Haiti required destruction of the country’s entire swine population as the only effective way to eliminate the highly con tagious virus,” Downard said. •PEPPADEP officials recognized that this would be a difficult task,” he said. "Swine were scattered throughout the mountainous countryside, and were usually raised in backyards in lots of one to five pigs. In ad dition to the difficult terrain, the project faced the lack of a veterinary organization in Haiti, language problems, shortage of trained personnel and miscon ceptions by the local population. ■PEPPADEP officials now face the crucial last stages of the nwWYiMMm mmcvavm iw i -' tv JjMgy VMtCOMMMMTm pig in Haiti program,” Downard said. "These involve cleaning and disinfection of infected swine premises, sweeping areas to assure that all pigs were found and slaughtered, and importing certified pathogen free swine to test sites as a check against any remaining presence of the virus in Haiti. Del. gets Larvadex okay NEWARK, Del. Delaware poultry farmers have been granted an exemption allowing the use of an insecticide for control of flies in poultry layer houses. Geier Stayton, Pesticide Supervisor for the Delaware Department of Agriculture, says Larvadex 0.3%, manufactured by Ciba-Geigy, has received approval from the Environmental Protection Agency. The insecticide, which is premixed with feed, is only to be used for laying hens producing eees for the consumer market. (Wed.) (Mon.) (Tues.) (Thurs.) (Wed.) (Mon.) (lues., Wed., Sat.) (Mon.) Lancaster Firming, Saturday, July 2,1983-C3 "We expect that last stages of the eradication campaign to be completed by December of this year. 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